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I have finally decided that I’m going to be brave and try tackling the most taxing – for me – challenge of them all… the Mixed Media Place Creative Gym. Every month, I visit the page, look at the challenge and… move on. This months exercise #20 is about dreams – what better subject could I ask for?

So, here goes… I made a dreamy, cloudy, blue-ish and full of watercolour page. I worked the background to add to the ephemeral feel of the photo…

For the project, I used papers from 7Dots Studio – Fortune Teller collection. The stencil and glass pebbles are Finnabair, chipboard is 13arts. Paints, lace and metal embellishments are just things from my stash.

If you’d like to see how I used the products to achieve the below result, please visit my YouTube channel – you can see the whole process here.

Making the best of my time off work, I have been looking through numerous crafting blogs searching for inspiration. When I saw the ‘Cool Attic’ mood board on the Fabrika Decoru blog, I knew it was my job for today.

I loved the colours and compositions as well as the circle elements reappearing throughout the board.

I decided to use an old photo of my father. He is a caring, loving and devoted family man. As much as I used to deny it when I was younger, I have to admit that we are extremely similar in so many aspects; yet, the differences are vast. I grew up to be a strong, independent and ambitious woman thanks to the upbringing he and my mum provided me with. The man in the uniform – I love him more than he’ll ever know.

I have been looking through a number of challenge blogs today to find challenges that I could work on over the next couple of weeks, since I have acquired 2weeks off work. YAY! One that captured my attention was the Kraft+ August challenge where you have to use a tassel in your work and the base for your creation needs to be craft paper.

Well, I’ve never used, made or owned a tassel so it definitely was a challenge for me.

I have also decided to join in with the Creative Artiste August challenge called ‘Anything Mixed Media Goes’ – this is probably the most ‘me’ challenge ever created.

This time we are asking you to use the imperfect photo in your layout. We all tend to use the ‘show-off’ pics on your pages but what happened when the photo you took is nowhere near perfect – blurry, too dark or the head of the person it is completely … not even in it?! This is your chance to showcase the imperfections of your photo-taking skills. Make the best of it!

Here’s a short story of my picture-imperfect page. I travel to and from work on a train, almost 3 hours of my life are spent moving between train stations of Yorkshire every day. On one of the stations there is a piano which can be played by whoever is brave enough; sometimes it’s someone talented, sometimes…not at all. That day I was running really late, so I was literally running across the station praying that I manage to reach the platform before the train door closes when I heard someone playing a beautiful, sad music on the downstairs piano. I took my phone and took the photo while still running (not bad, eh?). When I got on the train (yes, I did catch it!), the photo was a bit too dark and blurry but the memory of the music was still with me.

When I saw this challenge, my only thought was – What a perfect opportunity! Where is my music notes design paper?